COPENHAGEN, Denmark Thermo Fisher to introduce Ion AmpliSeq™ On-Demand product line of pre-tested gene targets and several other new Ion Torrent NGS offerings at ESHG 2017  Clinical researchers studying germline disorders now have access to an extension of the highly referenced, Ion AmpliSeq next-generation sequencing (NGS) line of assays. The new Ion AmpliSeq On-Demand targeted sequencing panels [...]

CAMBRIDGE, MA --- Ovation Life Sciences, LLC (Ovation) announced today the receipt of 1.5 million dollars in funding from StageDotO, and existing investors, including Longfellow Ventures. The company will use the funds to continue the development of its next-generation scientific data-layer-as-a-service platforms, built to accelerate the progress of life science by improving how the story of [...]

SHENZHEN, China and BOSTON — Today, at Bio-IT World Conference & Expo held in Boston, BGI announced that it will work with the Broad Institute, Intel and Alibaba Cloud to provide cloud-based free access to the latest version of the Genome Analysis Tool Kit (GATK4) software package on the BGI Online platform. With this agreement, the GATK Best Practices pipeline will [...]

OAKLAND, Calif. & BOSTON & COPENHAGEN, Denmark--Fabric Genomics, a global computational genomics company offering data analysis and clinical reporting tools, announced today that it has partnered with data management company ITTM S.A. (Information Technology for Translational Medicine) to provide secure genomic data hosting capabilities for EU customers. By combining Fabric Genomics’ leading analysis tools with [...]

SYGNIS AG receives binding commitment for the purchase of shares for up to EUR 3.5 million within the scope of the ongoing capital increases to finance the acquisition of Innova Biosciences Ltd. Madrid, Spain, and Heidelberg, Germany - SYGNIS AG (Frankfurt: LIO1; ISIN: DE000A1RFM03; Prime Standard) today received a binding commitment for the purchase of shares [...]

Talks and Papers Previewed at PMWC 2017 and SFAF Conferences Advance Nabsys' Mission to Democratize Structural Information PROVIDENCE, RI --- Nabsys, a genomics company pioneering high-definition mapping of genomes using high-resolution, high-speed nanodetectors, today shared performance of its new electronic HD-Mapping™ platform and its ability to identify structural variation in both microbial and human genomes. [...]

Dr. Stultz to Continue as Director MILPITAS, Calif. -- Nanometrics Incorporated (NASDAQ:NANO), a leading provider of advanced process control systems, today announced that its president and chief executive officer, Dr. Timothy J. Stultz, has notified the company of his plans to retire. The company has retained Spencer Stuart to identify a successor. Dr. Stultz will [...]

Companies partner to develop secure genomics informatics environment for AstraZeneca's initiative to analyse two million genomes MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.----DNAnexus, Inc., the global leader in genome informatics and data management, today announced that its secure cloud-based platform has been selected as a partner for AstraZeneca’s Centre for Genomics Research (CGR), which will analyse over two million [...]

New platform enables real-time collaboration for scientific workflows ASHLAND, Ore. & BOSTON----FlowJo, LLC, a life science informatics and data analysis company with 19+ years experience in software for analyzing single-cell data, launched FlowJo Envoy, a cloud environment for the coordination of the resources, people, and data produced from multi-omic workflows. The product complements researchers’ work [...]

Purpose-built hybrid cloud improves performance and reduces cost of genomic analysis and data management AUSTIN, Texas----Lab7 Systems, Inc., a leader in laboratory workflow management for data-intensive life science applications, announces the Lab7 High-Performance Genomic Cloud powered by IBM, a complete solution for the management and analysis of genomic-scale data workloads and lab operations. Orchestrating the [...]